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1 Ms. Brown

2 What do you think the “American Dream” is? PLEASE DO NOW (PDN)

3 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Born in Minnesota on September 24, 1896 He first was a manufacturer of wicker furniture, he failed at that and then worked for Procter & Gamble. When we was dismissed from there he wrote his first mystery story. Published by his school in the News Paper. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

4  Written in France in 1924.  The theme was The Jazz Age/ Roaring Twenties.  Gatsby is a “rich man” from a wealthy family who has passed away. (Lie)  Is about the American Dream  Finding love THE GREAT GATSBY

5 1920’s Stock Market crashed in October 1929 United States entered Word War I Flappers White Socks threw the World Series Prohibition Jazz Age Women had bobbed hair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmqc_wJN4_M THE ROARING TWENTIES

6 Our first project on “THE AMERICAN DREAM” PROJECT

7 Uprooted from The Declaration Of Independence. o “"all men are created equal“ o Having Rights including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." o Home ownership- the want to own a house. o Ethics- immigrants seeking the way of life the Americans had. o Upward mobility- getting a raise at work or being promoted, having a bigger family, moving into a bigger house. THE AMERICAN DREAM

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